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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

February 24 News Update

Photo of Wisconsin protest poster
Protests planned against Wisconsin Right to Work legislation
Labor takes final stand as Wisconsin prepares way for anti-union law
Right-to-work court battles look tough for unions


Telecom Strikers Win Limits on Outsourcing
Union Workers at FairPoint to Go Back on the Job

No talks expected this week in refinery strike: sources
CN Railway, Unifor reach tentative agreement
Mississippi auto parts workers in union drive plan protest
NSA chief declines comment on spyware reports, says programs lawful
Fresh nuclear leak detected at Fukushima plant
Oscar winner calls for wage equality in America
Inmates riot at for-profit Texas immigrant detention facility
NJ judge overturns Christie's pension cuts
Poll: Most Americans back tax hike for rich
Black History Month Labor Profiles: A. Philip Randolph
The Fight Against Capital Transit’s Jim Crow Hiring: 1941-55
Local 151 Members Improve Wages, Benefits in Aetna Bearing Contract


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Bill Onasch at 5:51 AM

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Retiree member of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1287. Active member National Writers Union, UAW Local 1981. Webmaster of kclabor.org since March, 2000. Former Vice-President of ATU 1287. In Minneapolis during Seventies-Eighties held several posts in UE Local 1139 including Local President and Shop Chairman at Litton Microwave. Charter member of Labor Party Advocates. Founding member of US Labor Against the War.
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